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Electric water heater shut off

I have a new cabin with an electric 40Gal. tank water heater. There's no power switch to turn it off, it's hard wired. If I'm not there for a month in the winter, should I just turn it down to low, drain it, install a turn off switch or something else? Anyone have experience as to what is best and won't ruin the water heater or have leaks due to frozen pipes? TIA -Bob